Looking back and Pope Francis’ first year: Q&A with John Allen
In this Q&A, religion reporter Lilly Fowler talks to Allen about his years covering the Roman Catholic Church, the Boston Globe’s new website, Crux, and Pope Francis’ leadership so far.
Pope urges activists to struggle against ‘structural causes’ of poverty
Pope Francis urged an international gathering of grassroots social activists to struggle against the “structural causes” of poverty and inequality, with a “revolutionary” program drawn from the Gospels.
Replay of SVDP on EWTN
For those who missed it… Last Thursday, Society of St. Vincent de Paul leaders, International President General Michael Thio, National President Sheila Gilbert and CEO Dave Barringer sat down with EWTN’s Jim and Joy Pinto.
Surprising lessons from 10,000,000 YouTube views
In Surprising lessons from 10,000,000 YouTube views Fr. Robert Barron reflects on that milestone. He writes…”John Henry Newman, G.K. Chesterton, Ronald Knox, C.S. Lewis, and Fulton Sheen all wrote substantive but accessible articles for the mainstream...
Is there really a vocation shortage?
Is there really a vocation shortage? Yes… and No. In once sense there can be no vocation shortage. Everyone has a vocation. However, there is a real shortage of one particular type of vocation – vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life
